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By Cam McGrath
Deadly Gas Enters the Arab Spring - Activists across the Middle East are reporting a mysterious toxin, possibly a banned nerve agent, in the thick clouds of tear gas used by security forces to suppress anti-government protests in recent months.
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LIBYA

By Karlos Zurutuza
Old Ways Under a New Flag - "They would call you a Gaddafist if you drove one of those 4 X 4 cars," says Bashar, emerging from one of those traffic jams in Tripoli. "Today almost every rebel commander has one."
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EGYPT

By Cam McGrath
Round One Goes to the Islamists - Islamists appear poised for a landslide victory in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, putting them on track to secure a majority in the country's first parliament since the fall of president Hosni Mubarak.
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EGYPT

By Correspondents*
Former PM to Set Up New Cabinet - Egypt's ruling military council has reportedly asked a former prime minister, Kamal al-Ganzouri, to form a new cabinet. But there are no signs of a let-up in the anti-military demonstrations.
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By Julio Godoy
African Sun Prepares to Power Europe - Solar thermal power plants are indispensable to meet Europe’s energy demands and to reduce greenhouse gases emissions substantially, according to a new study by a European scientific commission.
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By Karlos Zurutuza
Cornered in Free Libya - "We’ve walked all the way here to tell everybody that we are being treated like dogs," said 23-year old Hamuda Bubakar, among a couple of hundred black refugees protesting at Martyrs Square in Tripoli. "I’d rather be killed here. I wouldn’t be the first, or the last."
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LIBYA

By Karlos Zurutuza
Visitors Could be Saviours - "A crossroads of history, continents and ancient empires; a place where history comes alive through the extraordinary monuments on its shores", reads a well- known tourist guidebook about Libya. It’s all still there, but the tourists aren’t there to see it.
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By Karlos Zurutuza
Libya's "Other" Victims - Suleyman and Rasool have come to the University of Bani Walid, in western Libya. If they are lucky they might find some chemistry notes and, perhaps, a computer that works. Unfortunately it is not likely, since NATO reduced the campus to rubble.
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LIBYA

By Correspondents*
Muammar Gaddafi Killed as Sirte Falls - Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after National Transitional Council fighters overran loyalist defences in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader's hometown and final stronghold.
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By Correspondents *
Libya's Governing Council Accused of Detainee Abuse - Libya's governing National Transitional Council (NTC) is holding about 2,500 detainees in the capital Tripoli alone, many of whom have been beaten and subjected to other ill-treatment and not given access to lawyers or judicial proceedings, says London-based human-rights watchdog Amnesty International.
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By Saaleha Bamjee
Imperative Libyans Decide Their Own Future - The African Union must take the lead in helping Libya achieve peace by ensuring the formation of a unity government between pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces and the National Transitional Council, as this and not foreign intervention will pave the way for peace and stability in Libya.
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WESTERN SAHARA

By Saaleha Bamjee
Africa Should Slap Sanctions on Morocco - A firm call for African Union member states to impose sanctions against Morocco until it abides by the United Nations mandate that affirms the people of Western Sahara's right to self-determination was made at the Pan African Parliament proceedings.
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By Jim Lobe*
Expanding Network of Drone Bases To Hit Somalia, Yemen - As Somalia undergoes its worst famine in six decades and Yemen slides into civil war, the administration of President Barack Obama is expanding its network of bases to carry out drone strikes against suspected terrorists in both countries, according to reports published in two major U.S. newspapers Thursday.
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RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Africans Target of Racism, Harassment by Police

SOUTH AFRICA: Coal Plant Won't Promote Development, Say Groups

RWANDA: Remembering the Unforgettable

UGANDA: Trying to Blow the Whistle on Corruption

ECONOMY: Brighter Business Prospects for Swazi Women

POLITICS-EGYPT: Critics Question ElBaradei's Promises of Change

ZAMBIA: Health Fears Follow Floods

Q&A: "EPAs Will Undermine Democracy in Africa"

WATER : Swazi Village Gets a Self-Sustaining Water Supply

MALI: Shea Production Vital to Women's Incomes

SENEGAL: Les étudiants demandent au président de se retirer

ECONOMIE-RD CONGO: Controverse autour d’une nouvelle taxe

ZAMBIE: Un scandale sexuel impliquant des Chinois avec des mineures suscite un débat passionné

SANTE-AFRIQUE DU SUD: Les décès liés au VIH ralentissent l’économie

ZIMBABWE: La question est de savoir s’il faut adopter le yuan ou pas

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TANZANIA: Kuhamasisha Kilimo cha Embe Kupunguza Madhara ya Mabadiliko ya Tabia Nchi

Kuhamasisha Kilimo cha Embe Kupunguza Madhara ya Mabadiliko ya Tabia Nchi

SUDAN KUSINI: Wanawake Walenga Kulinda Haki Zao Katika Taifa Changa

‘Fanyieni Kazi Mazungumzo ya Busan’

Clinton Ahimiza Ajenda ya Jinsia Huko Busan

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NGO Prosecution Puts U.S.-Egyptian Ties at Risk

Cuba on the Road to Clean Energy Development

Paraguayan Radio Station Buses Internet to the Barrios

BOOKS: A Global Empire, Yet a "United States of Fear"

800,000 Kashmiris Haunted by Horror

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